because if it doesn't pass, all of thigoes away. that's why t the post called seven, common sense. but decide for yourself. >> coming up time running out to make final pitches to voters. the last full day. we have a look at where president obama and mitt romney will campaign today. we will update recovery efforts following super storm sandy and explain how kevin harvick's race car got damaged before he even got behind the wheel. "good morning, washington" at 5:00 a.m. starts right now. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> it is 5:00 monday november 5. >> rise and shine. we will get to jackie.

>> a cold start this morning. temps around freezing in a few areas. but it looks pretty good out there. looking at the live picture. temperatures are 41 right here. 43 at reagan national. 40 at dulles. 37 in call -- culpepper and petersburg below freezing. 40 degrees is above the freezing market in terms of warming. not all that warm overall when you look at highs in the upper 40's, around 50 and high should be in the low to mid 60's. we will get some sunshine by this afternoon so you have to look at it with a before spin. over to traffic with jamie. >> a positive spin on the traffic. a lot of construction overnight in the tysons area on the beltway near 123, route 7,

braddock road all wrapped up and projects on metrorail, toll road a lot of construction but looking in the dulles area and that looks nice and quiet. no problems on the toll road or 28 leaving sterling to get to the stretch. getting to the beltway interstate 95 out of stafford nothing to report. some construction activity on the maryland beltway still with the arrow board on the left side blocked between new hampshire and university boulevard but no delay. back to you. >> our top story after months of hours before the presidential election. president obama and mitt romney hitting several states. romney at george mason university in fix. we have a preview. >> after nearly a year of campaigning it comes down to a final day on the campaign trail.

last chance or candidates to get out the final push before polls open. in less than 24 hours voters will have r head to the polls. >> i haven't made up my mind. >> the candidates and running mates are chris crossing the swing states today. president barack obama will hold events in wisconsin and ohio and vice president joe biden will be in virginia. mitt romney will stop in florida, ohio and new hampshire and paul ryan in colorado nevada and iowa. >> i want to show what you real change looks like because i fought for it. because i delivered t. we can't give up on it now. >> we hoped president obama would live up to his promise to bring people together to solve big problems but he hasn't. and i will. >> polls show the race is dead looked. 49% of likely votersobama and 48%

romney. nearly every poll is just that close. we already know this tens of millions of people have cost ballot because of early voting. certainly this will be one big day for both campaigns. >> nfl fans in for pig contingent and politics. they are taping interviews that will take place in "monday night football." chris berman will handle them. tonight the interviews will air during halftime of the monday night game. some lesser known presidential candidates working. four such candidates debated sunday night in northwest d.c. including gary johnson of the libertarian volumes. jill stein, virgil goode and rocky anderson of the justice party. ralph nader moderated the debate.

>> abc 7 is on your side tracking problems at the polls. share with us when you see problems from long lines to machine malfunctions. visit wjla.com/poll problems or poll problems on twitter or send an e-mail to poll problems at g-mail.com. be sure to stay with us and wjla.com for your election night coverage. we are teaming up with abc news for the presidential raise and we will have our reporters on the ground in boston and chicago, the local races of course as well. our coverage begins tuesday night at 7:00 p.m. hope you will join us. >> new york and new jersey bracing for another storm as they try to muddle through the aftermath of sandy. tempers and frustrations are high as drivers deal with long lines for gas. the power is starting to return but hundreds of thousands still

without electricity. the new york governor says the state could face a massive housing problem as well. >> officials in fauquier county seeking information from residents about the extent of property damage from hurricane sandy. residents can call this number to report damage if the event, any event rather that a major disaster is declared and they could be eligible for federal assistance. >> the storm is going to have an impact on the transit agency bottom line. the shutdown last monday and tuesday could cost metro millions. the exact total still unknown but much of the money was spent on salaries and overtime. officials say they will pursue any emergency funds they can to recoup the cost. >> still ahead, what was supposed to be a day of fun turns tragic for a child at the

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weight, a sand bag that came down right on one of the cars and you see the damage. that was kevin harvick's car. took about 30 minutes to repair it. he tweeted a mental that said never good when the day starts with a parachute weight hitting our car. welcome to 2012. he was in the top 10. >> hopefully 2013 will be better. 5:10 and let's check the forecast. >> we will check with adam >> it is a pretty cool start. we have freeze warnings in effect. we are right off the beltway in college park near the ikea on route 1 and intersection with the beltway. you can probably hear some cars zooming along. model moderate volume. 42 degrees at the storm chaser. we have felt worse. not much so far this season. let's look at the freeze warning that is in effect in a good

portion of the viewing area especially some populated areas including montgomery county howard fauquier, loudoun and that is until 8:00 a.m. let's look at some other area temperatures within that freeze warning area. reston 37 degrees, leesburg 37 warrenton 38 culpeper right at the freezing point. oxon hill at 40 and bowie 41. not everybody in the warning is necessarily at freezing but some neighborhoods can still use a few more grease. today partly cloudy and a good amount of sunshine this afternoon with highs around 50 degrees. from 47 to 52. jackie will have more on the extended forecast but now let's go to jamie with a look at the commute. happy monday. >> let's get going and we can do it easy in virginia. no problems at all.

95 395, stafford up to the beltway. no troubles her across the 1st4th street bridge. i'm looking for adam caskey near the college park area and that stretch anddelays. as you pass the ikea at new hampshire avenue to university boulevard the construction crew picked up the barrels and remove the arrow board. virginia and maryland off to an easy monday morning start. back to you. >> 5:12 and 40 degrees. >> new details on an american soldier accused in a deadly shooting spree in afghanistan. why experts say today's article 32 hearing is

>> let's get some headlines from overseas. problems in greece with the economy. >> we are following the swaeugs situation. >> transportation workers went on strike early this morning across greece protesting an upcoming vote in the parliament. we have video just in from athens. transportation is especially affected in athens. huge city where the subway and taxi drivers are not at work today. some places only a few buses are

in service so there are a lot of crowds and waiting people trying to get to work. the government there is facing two crucial votes to secure some bailout money so they can avoid bankruptcy but the transportation unions have called for even more strikes on tuesday and wednesday you see the images there of people not being able to get to work. a lot of folks saying they are frustrated with the strikes and what is going on. hopefully we will have any updates for you later on. back to you. >> around the nation, authorities investigating the death of a 2-year-old boy at the pittsburgh zoo. his mother apparently put him on top of a railing to get a better look at a pack of african dogs and he fell in and was mauled. police did shoot and kill one dog but it was too late. investigators say they don't know if the boy died from the fall or being attacked by the dogs.

the soldier accused of killing afghan civilians in a rampage will appear in a military courtroom for a preliminary haoerpbg. prosecutors will lay out the case against him. they say premed indicated murder and other charges in connection with the march spree that left 16 dead. the hearing will be linked to afghanistan by satellite. >> 5:17 and jackie is back with us with the cold start to the workweek. >> a little jolting. >> yes. >> get the hat if you need it, you will warm up by this afternoon. it will be better. cooler than average for about four days and that will continue as we kick off the workweek but be patient. by this time next week it will be a whole lot better. so nice to see after the seven to 10 days we finally will see things flip a little closer to where we should be this time of year. it is a chilly start this morning as you look at the roof

cam. a pretty start however. temperatures 43 at reagan 40 at dulles 39 manassas. culpeper 37. winchester at 36 and 37 in gaithersburg. we have freeze warnings in effect but we have a little upperlevel disturbance that pushed through to bring some cloud cover and that is one reason we are not seeing a lot of temperatures below freezing. we have a couple of hours and it will drop significantly the next hour or two. so, keep that in mind if you are trying to protect any sensitive plants. the high yesterday was 53. the average is 62. about 10 degrees below norm. that will be the rule the next few days. skies a bit overcast but i do think we will see a little more sunshine by the afternoon hours. that is re that is rehoboth beach.

that will head up the coast and that will bring in gusty winds. concern about additional beach erosion if it stays close enough to the shore. right now my thinking we will pretty much be a little bit of rain potentially a little bit of snow thursday morning. partly sunny and scheduled. 47 to 52. tonight 27 to 35 and seven-day forecast brace for election day and we will see the rain come in by the afternoon on wednesday and linger in thursday. there is the 60's by next weekend. let's check on traffic now. >> it is quiet. marc train, metro, virginia railway all running on time. around the beltway they had the overnight construction between 650 new hampshire avenue and university boulevard and it is officially clear. all lanes are open in that stretch and no problems no delays. 95 between baltimore and the beltway collection out fine. if you are heading north on the

baltimore washington parkway near 202 there was a stalled car blocking a lane brief delay but if you are heading out virginia 95 is quiet from fredericksburg and the capital beltway. back to you. >> today new report shows how the android operating system is dominating the smart phone market. rob nelson has the details. >> keeping hacking a secret. the computer systems of maim companies like coca-cola have been hacked in the past few years but chances you never heard. blagojevich news reports the company's executives keep it a secret. many originate in china. three of four smart phones sold in the third quarter ran on the android. apple's share increased but the gap between android and apple widened. there is a harry potter game that uses kinetic on the x box 360. it seems like a rehash of other

games but it does have one special gimmick. >> you can actually scan your face using the game and star as one of the wizards in the game. >> it has 25 major scenes from the eight movies.

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to the end zone touchdown michael turner. >> nine weeks in the season and the atlanta falcons have zero in the loss column. only unbeaten team in the nfl. missile turner scored this touchdown as the falcons kicked their way past dallas 19-13. >> earlier in the day the redskins lost to carolina in a performance that coach shanahan not happy. they are also the most penalized team going in the bye week. neither one of those are a good option. >> for the first time in history back-to-back quarterback heisman trophy winners went head it head in an nfl game. rg3 didn't have one of his best games and still-through for 215 yards with 23-39 passing. all right. he had a rushing touchdown called back because fof penalties that continued it kill them. 13.

cam newton just goes back a little and throws deep to a wide open receiver who takes it down the sidelines. nobody near him. later this would happen. that makes it 21-13. redskins tried an onside kick to save the game but it goes right to the panthers cover team. skins lose 21-13. >> i promise you i will come back and be a better quarterback the second half of the season for us for this team and preferably everybody else comes become with the same mindset. >> we are getting a look so the sports trends that can kit the winner of the presidential election. we start with the redskins rule. if they win the last home game before the election the in incumbent party stays in the white house. if they also the challenger wins. it has been correct 17 of 18 times. in that same time frame the result of the world series was a

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mitt romney learn if the countless road trips and campaign ads pay off. where they are spending the last full day before the election. "good morning, washington." it is monday november 5, 5:31 is the time. i'm cynne' simpson. >> i'm steve chenevey. let's look at the forecast with jackie. >> chilly start. we have been cool about the last four days and that trend unfortunately is going it continue for a while yet. expect the temperatures to be below average by a good 10 degrees for at least three more disbefore we start to change a little bit. we have cloud cover this morning and more sunshine expected by this afternoon. we are closely tracking a storm system that is expected to turn into a coastal storm for us by the middle of the week. we will talk more about that later but first we will show you where we've the chilly temperatures. there is a freeze warning north and west of the immediate metro area. it doesn't include us in d.c. or

dulles. 37 in gaithersburg 37 in frederick and 36 in call paper. we will stay in the 40's with increasing sunshine. 48 by 5:00 with a high around 50 degrees. now let's check traffic. >> it is quiet around the region. for the rail systems, b.r.e. on time, no problems on marc metro on the orange still some residual delays with a train malfunction at minnesota avenue. so that is a little behind schedule. catching up to get into the nation's capital no problem at all. coming across the 14th street bridge there we are, new york avenue, you are all checking out fine. with some volume. 270 leaving the frederick area see this early every week day morning near hyattstown. then it is quiet down from

clarksburg and beltway. back to you. >> it is 5:33. we start with final stops on the campaign trail for both president obama and mitt romney. necessarily visit several states before tuesday's election. one of romney's stops will be george mason university. brie an carter is there and joins us with more. >> this is really it. it comes down to this last day of kpeupbing. can you believe it? after nearly a year this is the last day they have to get out the vote. where will they be today? they will focus on those crucial swing states. president obama will hold events in wisconsin and ohio and vice president joe biden will be in virginia. mitt romney will stop in florida and ohio and new hampshire and paul ryan will be in nevada. talking about virginia, how crucial battle ground it will be

in the election voters on both sides know how important it is it get out the vote. >> i really believe that we have the vote and it is a matter of getting people to the polls. >> both sides made a push to get people more than put on a bumper sticker, walk the precinct, talk to people. the country is more energized on both sides. >> nearly every poll has essentially a deadlocked race. we know tens of millions have already cast ballots thanks to early voting so this will be the last chance for both sides to try to sway any of those possibly still undecided voters. >> the virginia senate race also going down to the wire. tim kaine holding a rally and joe biden campaigning.

george allen campaigning with mitt romney and governor bob mcdonnell in lynchburg and fairfax. stay with abc 7 and wjla.com for all of your election night coverage. we are teaming up with abc news for the presidential race and we have reporters on the ground in boston and chicago. we will have the results of all the local races. our coverage begins tuesday night at 7:00 p.m. >> hurricane sandy expected to have very little impact on goes praises despite destruction. the national average for a gallon $3.48 for regular. seven cents less than a week ago. 31 rest than a month ago. in d.c. the average price is $3.0 $3.0. 3.52 in maryland. 3.34 in virginia. this is the third week they have fallen. >> we are dedicating november 5 as a day of giving the purpose is it raise minute for victims of sandy. we will donate $1 to the

american red cross for over person who likes our faculty page. go to wjla.com/facebook and your dollar will be counted. >> we are following a developing story at howard university. students raising concerns about security after police say a student was attacked inside her dorm recommend. >> we have a live report to discipline how the school is taking action. >> we are talking about two separate attacks blocks apart and the police chief is convinced the man would attack again. how did he begin access to a dorm? >> a brought attack on the campus of howard university has prompted school officials and students to take action. this after a female student was attacked at knifepoint and sexually assaulted in her own dorm. >> i couldn't sleep in my room that same night. police say this man on surveillance demarco myles has

been arrested charged with that separate attacks over the past two weeks. the school is investigating how the attacker made his way into what is supposed to be a secured building. students tell us i.d. checks often don't happen. >> i just go in come out whenever i want, whatever tim of day like 3:00 in the morning they haven't asked me anything. >> they held a closed door meeting to discuss the issue. the university has now beefed up the 24-hour security at all dorms. >> i feel a little better knowing what they are doing but still a lot of questions are unanswered. >> the first attack the victim was stab the multiple times. she was able to fight off the attacker before being sexually assaulted. >> it is 5:37 and more met reproblems to talk about on the blue and orange lines trains single tracking between eastern market and stadium armory.

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adoption. not just dogs with you but cats rabbits and hamsters. "good morning, washington".." >> it is 5:41. time for a look at weather. we go to college park where adam is with storm chaser. >> good monday morning. it is a little chilly. i wore my cozy jacket. whenever i wear this i know i will be nice and toasty. it is not all that cold here. 42 degrees. but there are some in the 30's. there is 42 here at storm chaser 7. let's look at some of the other area temperatures and even the freeze warning that is in effect right now for some locations including howard montgomery county, frederick, loudoun, fauquier and some points westward and southward from there. all those in blue. that is until 8:00 a.m. the freeze warning. here is a look at some temps. you will notice a few 30-degree

readings. 36 winchester, 40 tkupls airport. 38 -- 36 at culpeper. petersburg, west virginia 28 frederick 37. we don't see many subfreezing temps but we have that freeze warning as a precaution. it could drop a few more degrees until sunrise. today clouds but it will become pretty sunny. partly cloudy, cool highs near 50 degrees. we are still running about 10 depress below average across the abc 7 viewing area. i'm taking part in november. can you tell i haven't shaved in five days? didn't think so. my wife isn't convinced i can grow a mustache. i'm going to rock it. jamie, maybe some handlebars. do you think that would be fitting? >> no, no, no. that would be interesting.

news chopper 7 was just in the college park area and said they could tell you hadn't shaved. we are watching you and watching the roads. late volume through landover and college park and silver spring. metrorail has problems a pwrepb piece of equipment on the track so that affects blue and orange eastern market to stadium armory. expect delays there and a train malfunction near vienna-fairfax. they have some linger inging volume. baltimore washington parkway near 197 just getting reports of a crash southbound. all lanes are open. southbound 95 looks good baltimore and the beltway. and southern maryland ok no problems to the beltway there. virginia beltway lanes are open. back to you. >> coming up what some students are doing to honor a classmate

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died after being hit by a car. christina morris-ward was on the way to seneca valley high school in germantown last wednesday crossing skwrrpbt road and a car struck her. no charges were filed but tonight's vigil rocking for tina will be 5:30 at seneca valley high. >> d.c. councilwoman will have a hearing on speed cameras. that bill would reduce the maximum fine for offenses from $125 down to $50 and create a more transparent and accountable warning system before tickets are issued. the hearing starts at 11:00 in room 412 of the wilson building 1350 pennsylvania avenue northwest. >> a decision over gambling may be going to the courtroom. a councilmember filed a lawsuit seeking to clarify whether the referendum requires a majority of actual or registered voters

to pass. if approved question seven would allow table games at maryland casinos and a new casino in prince george's county as well. >> new details continue to emerge about the helicopter crash that killed that atlanta police officers. the national transportation safety board said the hlg hit a power line pole right before it crashed. both died. knob on the ground was hurt. police say they were searching for a runaway boy. that boy was later found unharmed. a person in a hospital after complaining of chest pains. he is been behind bars awaiting trial on allegations that he played a role in some 19 murders. he was captured last year in california after tphraeg boston in 1994. his trial is set for march but his lawyers want it delayed. >> 7 is on your side with new research on the best care for

diabetics with hard disease. those with clogged arteries fare better with bis in surgery instead of stents. a study finds 19% of the bypass group suffered a heart attack or stroke or died compared with 27% of people given stents. >> mark kirk of illinois took part in a charity fund-raiser stair claiming event climbing 37 of the 103 floors of the willis tower in chicago. he made it up to the 103rd floor. there he was met with hugs and cheers as he made the finish line. it was his first public appearance since suffering a stroke in january. glad to see that. >> not the only person participating. the first person to climb all 103 tphrrs was there with a bionic leg. it took him about 45 minutes. the limb is the first that

responds to his thoughts. he lost the leg that he was born with in a motorcycle accident. breaking news from parts of new jersey. >> we have a live report of an earthquake. >> it hit in a small town in new jersey. it measured magnitude of 2 poeu 0.0 at 1:19. this is where it happened on the map from the u.s. geological survey. it happened in a community that is still dealing with downed trees and damage and power outage from hurricane sandy. we can show you what this looks like on a different map. from google you can see it in relation to manhattan and other areas dealing with the aftermath of sandy. officials are saying a lot of people reported hearing a loud boom just before 1:30 and some upper floors of homes might have felt some shaking or objects on

the walls begin it vibrate. the earthquake is said to be three miles below ground and could be felt in some other towns around ringwood. police say there are no reports of any major damage right now. last time this area had an earthquake was in february of 2010. but obviously this area is still dealing with the devastation of last week's hurricane. we are monitoring the situation and waiting to see if there will be any reports of any damage or injuries. we will make sure we pass that information to our viewers. back to you. >> we appreciate it. dulles rated number one of the worse airports and cable companies offering a break to areas hit by sandy. >> if you lost power during sand sandy comcast time warner and cox communications are joining cablevision to offer credit to customers who lost service.

so far verizon's fios and direct of it have adopted similar policies but in some you have to call and ask for the credit. a site has broken down the best airports to be stranded in. dallas-fort worth tops the list followed by pittsburgh. the worst is dulles followed by atlanta and j.f.k. in new york based on cleanliness, amachinities, selection of food and shopping. you may not have had to deal with the long gas leans but the one in new york or new jersey, prices are falling. a little bit of a breather there. triple a says in the d.c. area regular unleaded averaging dauer 3.67 down six cents from last week and off 18 cents from a month ago. back to you. >> it is 5:53 and let's check with jamie on the traffic.

>> metrorail a little better news they had a broken piece of equipment on the track and were able to remove it. expect residual delays in the direction of stadium armory. news chopper 7 over the baltimore warbtshington beltway coming up to a crash. everybody is stopped northbound side of the baltimore washington beltway near 197. if you are heading north of the beltway approaching 197 nobody is getting through. the far left side if you are coming south you are in the clear but you will see a lot of this activity with the distraction. we will watch this closely. 95 northbound better option. back to you. >> we get a look at the forecast. >> it is. very chilly start. lots of complaints this morning. i see them on twitter.

everybody is lake this is cold. but it will be colder probably tomorrow morning as we clear out a little bit more. we will start out and show you the weather map. it is cold enough. the national weather service has issued a freeze warning. we have some cloud cover that has pulled in so we haven't seen much in terms of temps it to the freezing mark. if we get enough clearing we will get down there very quickly and we have a good hour to go before the sun comes up. keep that in mind. if you are trying to protect anything bring it in this morning if you are getting up. 34 at reagan national. 40 dulles 39 manassas. culpeper down to 34 now. 37 gaithersburg and 37 in frederick. reagan national is close to the average low. the average high is 62 today. yesterday we only made it up to

53. so temperatures are about 10 below average. here is some of the cloud cover. going into the afternoon high pressure should build in and i do think we will see better conditions. we are not seeing a lot there. still early but i want to mention it because we are tracking that storm system that could affect the coast significantly for the middle of the week. it will be well to the south tomorrow so it looks good here for election day but as this heads to the carolinas we will see wind speeds pick up. that is bad for the people devastated from sandy. i think they will mostly see rain. partly sunny and cool. 47 it 52. tonight partly cloudy 27 to 35. there is the seven-day forecast. good for election day and we will see the rain on wednesday and lingering in thursday and we could see a wintry mix potentially on thursday morning but not enough i don't think to cause many problems. back to you. >> it is 5:56 now and 40

degrees. we are back after this.

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